This unit provides a foundational framework for action, reflection, and learning in the practice of supervision. It seeks to equip practitioners to: work as supervisors in a variety of pastoral and spiritual care settings; work within individual, peer and group processes; develop further the capacity to reflect upon their own practice; develop a spirituality of supervision. The theory and practice of supervision will be explored through group work and theoretical input. Group work will offer the opportunity to practice supervision and receive constructive feedback. Theoretical input will address: spiritual reflection within a preferred religious tradition; the principles and dynamics of supervision; approaches to individual, peer and group supervision; burnout, self-care and assessment; key psychological aspects such projection, parallel process, transference and counter-transference, power; confidentiality and ethics in supervision.
Unit code: DP8015S
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 48.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Stirling College
Show when this unit is running1. | Define (from current literature and research) and illustrate (from practice) the contractual, relational and collaborative processes of supervision of spiritual care practitioners. |
2. | Describe and illustrate the ethical and professional practice of supervision in a variety of settings of pastoral and spiritual care. |
3. | Outline, evaluate and engage contemporary approaches to individual, peer and group supervision, and illustrate their use in multidisciplinary spiritual care settings. |
4. | Integrate a contemplative stance to supervision that engages adult learning principles, referral options, parallel processes, transference and counter-transference. |
5. | Respond creatively to peer and lecturer feedback by critically assessing personal strengths and areas for development and growth in the provision of individual, peer and group supervision. |
6. | Develop a theoretical and practice-based rationale for spiritual reflection using sacred texts, culture, and experience within a preferred religious tradition. |
Lecture, small group work, practice and review.
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | Review and learning critique (3000 words) (may be live interviews, videos, verbatims, case studies, role-plays, and reflection on critical incidents). |
3000 | 25.0 |
Essay | Essay (3000 words) |
3000 | 25.0 |
Essay | Review and learning critique (3000 words) (may be live interviews, videos, verbatims, case studies, role-plays and reflection on critical incidents). |
3000 | 25.0 |
Essay | Reflective essay (3000 words) |
3000 | 25.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by LTC on 3 Nov, 2016
Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 13:30:53 +1100